Summary:
National Disaster Response Force , Air Force, Coal India Limited, Odisha Fire Services and some other agencies are assisting in rescue work. Recently, the prime accused in the case, Nidamon Chullet, surrendered before the police in East Jaintia Hills district. Describing the legislation as 'insensitive', Meghalaya state women's commission chairperson Theilin Phanbuh had said the KHADC should have arranged for a public debate on the issue before tabling the bill. Justice Sen has clarified that he never meant to challenge the country's secularism. SHILLONG: Meghalaya , which is also known as the 'Abode of Clouds', had a tumultous 2018 as the state kept hogging the limelight for a number of issues that made news nationally..